Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Outlines of the Development of the Science of Hadith

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Part 1
• Origins of the Science of Hadith
• Hadith Among the Shi`ah: The Four-hundred Usul
• The Four Books
• The Age of Exposition
• The Age of Great Scholars and Great Books
• The Age of Further Research
• Hadith Among the Ahl Al-Sunnah - The First Recorders
• Al-Sihah al-Sittah or the 'Six Authentic Texts'
• Works Based on Al-Sihah Al-Sittah
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Part 2
• Reasons Behind Emergence of `Ilm Dirayat al-Hadith
• Dirayat al-Hadith
• `Ilm al-Rijal
• Five Important Shi'ite Works
• Important Books Composed by Scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah
• Important Scholars of al-Rijal
• Notes
• Part 3
• Disciplines of `Ilm al-Hadith
• Kinds of Hadith
• Notes
• Bibliography